Politics
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Bus improvements coming, but why the secrecy?
On Sunday, February 17, the TTC will roll-out a series of major service improvements that will finally make a dent in addressing overcrowding. Many of...
By Sean Marshall -
Board of Trade gives sign of things to come?
When some of Toronto’s most influential developers and the Board of Trade backed the watered down tax package that was adopted by City Council in...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
TEST: Which year was this photo taken?
A few weeks ago, I posted a Toronto Archives photo challenging Spacing Toronto readers to guess the year it was captured. With the city currently...
By Matthew Blackett -
Lobbyists: Start your registrations
More than four years after Mayor David Miller instructed staff to begin drafting legislation for the first municipal lobbyist registry in Canada...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
SECOND BALLOT: Help name Toronto’s new bike magazine
On January 31st, we posted a poll to help name Toronto’s new bicycle magazine. Published by the Toronto Cyclists Union, the magazine is set to...
By Spacing -
Board of Trade to City: More taxes, please
No, it’s not April 1. The Toronto Board of Trade, according to the Toronto Star, actually asked Toronto City Council’s Budget Committee to...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Plowed bike lanes vital to winter biking
Following the City’s Bike Winter promotion and the Coldest Day of the Year ride, the Toronto Star featured an article paraphrasing the cycling...
By Tammy Thorne -
POLL: should City Council adopt a political party system?
Early in January, Spacing’s Dale Duncan wrote about the “Rising Right” of Toronto city council. The post garnered a good number of...
By Spacing -
Street food should be simple to prepare
It’s not often I find myself in complete agreement with Denzil Minnan-Wong, but the way city council has managed to unnecessarily complicate what...
By Dylan Reid -
City Hall Bits and Bites
Lobbyist Registry left blowin’ in the wind With an adequate budget finally in place, it looked like smooth sailing for the City’s Lobbyist...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler -
Help name Toronto’s new bike magazine
The Toronto Cyclists Union is choosing a name for their soon-to-launched magazine and they’d like your help. They’re looking for a name that...
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Q&A: talking numbers with Budget Chief Shelley Carroll
[Update: Councillor Carroll has issued a clarification that appears at the bottom of this post] Councillor Shelley Carroll has been the representative for...
By Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler